Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2021-10-05

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Oct 5
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
802 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 827▲ 235 vs year ago 567 · +41.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
259 head
▲ 126 vs last sale 133▲ 166 vs year ago 93 · +178.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 95▲ 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago : Slaughter cows unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder bulls lightly tested. Steer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifer calves steady. Bull calves 3.00 lower. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.96/cwt on 159 head.
Average price
$123.96
159 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$624
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$34
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.20
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2470128.5160460
Medium and Large 1623125.9078431
Medium and Large 3479119.0757068
One grade step is worth $9.44/cwt here — about $34 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale159 hd
123.96
—
GA average15 barns · 1,634 hd
117.76
+6.20
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,35683.881,13715
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29758.5476062
CowsLean 85-90%High99152.9652594

Every lot, as filed

53 lots · USDA AMS · Southern Livestock - Oak Park, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420122.13/cwt120.00–128.0051321
SteersMedium and Large 2—616130.35/cwt125.00–135.008037
SteersMedium and Large 1—518144.72/cwt140.00–150.0075023
HeifersMedium and Large 2—663116.24/cwt114.00–117.007714
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376134.57/cwt130.00–137.0050611
HeifersMedium and Large 2—419134.71/cwt130.00–140.005649
HeifersMedium and Large 1—724119.72/cwt119.00–120.008677
SteersMedium and Large 3—565116.53/cwt113.00–120.006582
SteersMedium and Large 3—408144.09/cwt138.00–145.0058811
HeifersMedium and Large 3—339123.03/cwt120.00–130.004177
SteersMedium and Large 1—436164.01/cwt162.00–165.007157
SteersMedium and Large 1—625142.12/cwt141.00–145.008887
SteersMedium and Large 2—471146.65/cwt140.00–150.0069111
SteersMedium and Large 2—405151.67/cwt150.00–155.006143
SteersMedium and Large 3—490132.05/cwt128.00–135.006474
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520125.89/cwt120.00–128.0065515
SteersMedium and Large 3—273157.37/cwt152.00–160.004303
SteersMedium and Large 1—728132.69/cwt131.00–138.0096612
SteersMedium and Large 2—305175.50/cwt173.00–178.005352
SteersMedium and Large 3—508121.56/cwt121.00–128.0061813
BullsMedium and Large 3—465111.33/cwt110.00–115.005184
BullsMedium and Large 3—369122.58/cwt120.00–130.004524
BullsMedium and Large 1—608136.51/cwt135.00–138.008302
BullsMedium and Large 3—66396.51/cwt95.00–98.006402
BullsMedium and Large 2—513125.16/cwt120.00–128.006426
BullsMedium and Large 2—572122.78/cwt120.00–128.007023
CowsLean 85-90%—99759.66/cwt58.00–65.0059517
CowsLean 85-90%—99845.96/cwt42.00–49.0045925
Bulls——1,50388.16/cwt86.00–93.001,3255
CowsLean 85-90%—98554.14/cwt50.00–57.0053352
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26763.41/cwt61.00–68.0080316
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30856.85/cwt53.00–60.0074446
Bulls——1,28281.74/cwt78.00–84.001,04810
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,192683.88/cwt625.00–750.008,1523
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,036576.72/cwt450.00–700.005,9754
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,152703.36/cwt650.00–775.008,1036
BullsMedium and Large 3—536113.53/cwt106.00–116.006094
BullsMedium and Large 2—390141.36/cwt140.00–142.005513
BullsMedium and Large 3—75681.61/cwt80.00–88.006175
BullsMedium and Large 2—464126.15/cwt122.00–130.0058513
BullsMedium and Large 3—588112.61/cwt110.00–118.006623
BullsMedium and Large 3—415118.29/cwt115.00–120.004913
HeifersMedium and Large 2—340136.36/cwt135.00–140.004648
BullsMedium and Large 3—610104.39/cwt100.00–110.0063711
HeifersMedium and Large 3—521109.99/cwt105.00–115.005734
HeifersMedium and Large 2—569117.57/cwt115.00–119.0066910
HeifersMedium and Large 3—569105.02/cwt100.00–110.005989
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525134.81/cwt130.00–140.007084
HeifersMedium and Large 1—626128.05/cwt125.00–130.0080213
HeifersMedium and Large 1—571123.00/cwt120.00–128.007027
HeifersMedium and Large 3—482126.61/cwt120.00–129.0061019
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480132.67/cwt130.00–135.006373
HeifersMedium and Large 3—626109.98/cwt105.00–113.006888

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.